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We meet Erin Murphy, the manager of her family’s business, the Glacier Mercantile, as she is preparing for the Festa. This is a town wide festival she has spearheaded up return to Jewel Bay from Seattle. The party offers the opportunity for the reader to be introduced to a large number of characters quickly, who also quickly become suspects. The festival quickly has a damper placed on it when a guest is murdered as they enter the party
The long time friend of her mother, Fresca, returns to town a ...more
The long time friend of her mother, Fresca, returns to town a ...more
Erin Murphy has returned to her hometown of Jewel Bay, Montana to run the family store, the Merc, with her mother Fresca. During the summer kickoff Festa party a former employee of the Merc is murdered and suspicion falls on Fresca. Not a lot of mystery, I guessed the killer early one. I liked the setting. The book did make me hungry constantly discussing food. I'm not in a hurry to read more of the series but might if I need a book set in Montana in the future.
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Aug 16, 2019
Deedee
marked it as to-read
